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JAMES JOSEPH WISE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 28, 1948 – May 31, 1969
Service recordJames Joseph Wise, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 34
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 34
- RUDOLPH ROBERT TREVINOPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
- ERNEST ABEYTAPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
- FREDERIC GUSTAVE AGATHERLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOEY LEE BOLESSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 25
- RUSSELL EVANSCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 26
- DAVID WASHINGTON KINNEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 28
- STEVEN KENNETH SPRINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 31
- SALVADOR PUGA TRIANASpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 32
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 33
- JAMES ALFRED WRIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 34
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.